Genotyping of Tunisian hepatitis B virus isolates based on the sequencing of preS2 and S regions

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 607-612

  Borchani Chabchoub, Istabrak ^a   Gargouri, Ali ^a   Mokdad Gargouri, Raja ^a  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

DNA Sequence; Genotypes; Hepatitis B virus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUNISIA; VIRUS GENE;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; HEPATITIS B VIRUS;

EID: 0034124885     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(00)00365-8     Document Type: Article

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